15202 has gotten a lot of interest since the upgrade. While the demand for the very old Reference 5402 Royal Oak “Jumbo” remains quite high, I now notice that the pre-2012 Ref. However, Audemars Piguet also changed the bracelet, making it a bit thicker and giving it a different clasp.
#Bulova watch value guide update
In 2012, the Royal Oak “Jumbo” (or “Extra-Thin”) received an update in which the dial was changed to be closer to the original one from 1972. But let’s keep Rolex (and Patek) out of this discussion, as these brands seem to be quite unique in terms of keeping value.Īnother watch to keep an eye on is the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo,” Reference 15202, and its predecessor, Ref. Now that Rolex introduced the new Sea-Dweller 116600, the true successor of their Reference 16600 Sea-Dweller watches, I am now fairly convinced that it will negatively influence the growth in value of previous Sea-Dwellers. I always thought that the Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 would become a classic, especially since it was followed-up by the Rolex Deepsea Sea-Dweller, a watch that had little to do with its predecessor. In order to do that with a high level of certainty, you will probably - as one of our readers commented - need another 10 years to follow these watches on the market. The real question is, which watches that you can buy now (that is, new watches) will become the classics or highly sought-after timepieces of tomorrow. I did some coverage on these all-time classics in part one. Even though some of them can be bought at a bit of a discount, or do not have waiting lists as long as some others do, they have proven to be a stable “investment,” so to speak.
To start with the last one, it seems that the all-time classics (or “iconic” watches, if you wish) are the ones that keep their value to a certain extent. There are a number of watches and watch brands that are likely to increase in value, or at least keep value, over time. The long answer is what I try to cover in the following part of this article. The short answer is simple: Rolex and Patek Philippe.
The basic question is: “What brands offer watches that tend to increase in value over time?” As I wrote before, there are two answers here, a short version and a long version.
Now let’s do a rundown on a few brands that you need to keep an eye on for the long term. If you take that into account, there are a number of watch brands that will give you a decent chance on increasing your watch’s value over time.
#Bulova watch value guide full
Paying full list price for a new watch and still expecting to make a buck is difficult these days, even with a stainless-steel sports Rolex. So, it is also a matter of buying watches at the right moment for the right price. What I’ve experienced is that those that are closest to the initial model at the time it was introduced, and those pieces that are as ‘clean’ as possible, are most likely to keep their value or even increase in value. However, not even all examples of these watch models will keep, or increase, their value over time. Such watch models include popular classics like (for example) the Rolex Submariner, Rolex Daytona, Patek Philippe Calatrava, Omega Speedmaster, Breitling Navitimer, Panerai Luminor Marina, TAG Heuer Carrera, Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, and so on - what a watch enthusiasts would call the usual suspects. We would have to look more closely into which specific models from such brands are most in demand. This doesn’t mean that every watch these brands produce will automatically increase in value.
Aside from Rolex and Patek Philippe, luxury watch brands with a high demand (in the United States) include Breitling, Omega, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre and IWC (in no particular order).
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